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| genus = Struthio
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| species = molybdophanes
 
| name = Somali Ostrich
 
| name = Somali Ostrich
 
| image = Somali Ostrich.png
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| image = Somali Ostrich.jpg
 
 
| image_width = 250px
 
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| image_caption = Specimen in [[Samburu]]
 
| image_caption = Specimen in [[Samburu]]
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| binomial_authority = '''Reichenow, 1883'''
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
 
| classis = [[Bird|Aves]]
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| synonyms = ''[[Struthio camelus]]''
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| superordo = [[Paleognathae]]
 
| ordo = [[Struthioniformes]]
 
| familia = [[Struthionidae]]
 
| genus = ''[[Struthio]]''
 
| species = '''''S. camelus'''''
 
| binomial = ''Struthio camelus''
 
| binomial_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]
 
| trinomial = ''Struthio camelus molybdophanes''
 
| trinomial_authority = [[Anton Reichenow|Reichenow]], 1883
 
 
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The '''Somali Ostrich''' (''Struthio camelus molybdophanes'') is a large flightless bird, a distinct [[subspecies]], sometimes considered a full species, of the [[Ostrich]].
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The '''Somali Ostrich''' (''Struthio molybdophanes'') is a large flightless bird, a distinct [[subspecies]], sometimes considered a full species, of the [[Ostrich]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
 
[[File:Somali_Ostrich_2.jpg|thumb|left|Specimen in the Lewa Conservancy near [[Isiolo]], Kenya]]
 
[[File:Somali_Ostrich_2.jpg|thumb|left|Specimen in the Lewa Conservancy near [[Isiolo]], Kenya]]
Molecular evidence indicates that the [[East African Rift]] has served as a geographic barrier to isolate the taxon from the nominate subspecies, the North African Ostrich ''S. c. camelus'', while ecological and behavioural differences have kept it genetically distinct from the neighbouring Masai Ostrich ''S. c. massaicus''.<ref name=Freitag>{{cite journal |author= Freitag, Stephanie; & Robinson, Terence J. |year= 1993|title= Phylogeographic patterns in mitochondrial DNA of the Ostrich (''Struthio camelus'').|journal= The Auk|volume= 110|issue= 3|pages= 614–622}}[http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Auk/v110n03/p0614-p0622.pdf PDF fulltext]</ref> An examination of the [[mitochondrial DNA]] of ''Struthio'' taxa, including the extinct [[Arabian Ostrich]] ''S. c. syriacus'', has found that the Somali Ostrich is [[phylogenetics|phylogenetically]] the most distinct, appearing to have diverged from their common ancestor some 3.6 to 4.1 million years ago.<ref name=Freitag/><ref name="Robinson1999">{{cite journal |author= Robinson, Terence J.; & Matthee, Conrad A. |year= 1999|title= Molecular genetic relationships of the extinct ostrich, ''Struthio camelus syriacus'': consequences for ostrich introductions into Saudi Arabia.|journal= Animal Conservation|volume= 2|issue= 3|pages= 165–171 |doi= 10.1111/j.1469-1795.1999.tb00062.x}}</ref>
 
   
==Distribution==
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==Other names==
The Somali Ostrich is found in [[eastern Africa]] from north-eastern [[Ethiopia]], across [[Somalia]], to north-eastern [[Kenya]], its range corresponding roughly to the area known as the [[Horn of Africa]].<ref name=OPS1>{{cite book |title= Ostrich production systems, Part 1|author= Shanawany, M.M.; & Dingle, John.|year= 1999|publisher= Food and Agriculture Organisation|location= |isbn= 978-92-5-104300-4|pages= 12|url= }}</ref>
 
   
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
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===Similar species===
Though generally similar to other ostriches, the skin of the neck and thighs of the Somali Ostrich is grey-blue (rather than pinkish), becoming bright blue on the male during the mating season. The neck lacks a typical broad white ring, and the tail feathers are white. The females are slightly larger than the males and browner in plumage than other female ostriches.<ref name=OPS1/><ref name="Roots2006">{{cite book |title= Flightless birds|author= Roots, Clive.|year= 2006|publisher= Greenwood Press|location= |isbn= 0-313-33545-1 |pages= 26|url= }}</ref>
 
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==Behaviour==
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===Diet===
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===Reproduction===
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==Distribution/habitat==
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==References==
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==External links==
   
==Ecology==
 
The Somali Ostrich is differentiated ecologically from the Masai Ostrich, with which there is some range overlap, by preferring bushier, more thickly vegetated areas, where it feeds largely by [[browsing (predation)|browsing]], whereas the latter is mainly a [[grazing|grazer]] on open [[savanna]]. There are also reports of interbreeding difficulties between the two taxa.<ref name=Freitag/>
 
 
==Conservation==
 
A report to the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature|IUCN]] in 2006 suggests that the Somali Ostrich was common in the central and southern regions of Somalia in the 1970s and 1980s. However, following the [[Somali civil war|political disintegration of that country]] and the lack of any effective [[wildlife conservation]], its range and numbers there have since been shrinking as a result of uncontrolled [[hunting]] for meat, medicinal products and eggs, with the bird facing eradication in the Horn of Africa.<ref name="Amir2006">{{cite book |title= Wildlife trade in Somalia|author= Amir, Osman G.|year= 2006|publisher= World Conservation Union – Species Survival Commission|location= |isbn= |pages= 12|url= http://www.wmenews.com/newsletters/File/Volume-1/Issue-4/support_art/Wildlife_Trade_in_Somalia_20061.pdf}}</ref>
 
   
 
==References==
 
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Revision as of 17:47, 9 August 2017

Somali Ostrich
File:Somali Ostrich.png
Specimen in Samburu
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Infraclass: Palaeognathae
Order: Struthioniformes
Family: Struthionidae
Genus: Struthio
Species: S. molybdophanes
Binomial name
Struthio molybdophanes
Reichenow, 1883
Synonyms

Struthio camelus

The Somali Ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes) is a large flightless bird, a distinct subspecies, sometimes considered a full species, of the Ostrich.

Somali Ostrich 2

Specimen in the Lewa Conservancy near Isiolo, Kenya

Other names

Description

Similar species

Behaviour

Diet

Calls

Reproduction

Distribution/habitat

References

External links

References




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